Geography

Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, lit. "earth description") is a field of science dedicated to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth. ...more

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why It Matters)
A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders: Surprising Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet (Haunted Hydrology)
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent
Mystery in Rocky Mountain National Park (National Park Mystery #1)
The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Córki chmur. O kobietach z Sahary Zachodniej
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
Paddle-to-the-Sea
Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Me On The Map
The Glorious Adventure by Richard HalliburtonBubba and Squirt's Mayan Adventure by Sherry  EllisAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneBubba and Squirt’s Legend of the Lost Pearls by Sherry  EllisPaddle-to-the-Sea by Holling Clancy Holling
Books that Teach Geography
8 books — 2 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Fate of Africa by Martin MeredithThe Looting Machine by Tom BurgisThe State of Africa by Martin Meredith
Understanding Africa
43 books — 19 voters
Slave Catching In The Indian Ocean by Philip Howard ColombA Maverick Traveller by Mary Jane WalkerThe Land That Never Was by Vasily PasetskyThe Rise and Fall of Nader Shah by Willem M. FloorWorld-Building and the Early Modern Imagination by Allison B. Kavey
Speaking In Foams
101 books — 2 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherGRINGOS AND FLAMINGOS  by Scott  L. NelsonLucky by Scott NelsonThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
travel essentials
60 books — 59 voters


Tim  Marshall
“ India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around. ”
― Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

Dejan Stojanovic
“ Dreams are our only geography—our native land. ”
― Dejan Stojanovic

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